Tim Tebow Act Has High School Sports Associations Divided, but That’s All Right

The name of the most famous home-schooled athlete is bringing new currency to a debate that’s been going on for decades. With the National Federation of State High School Associations’ membership split on the issue, the group is serving as a venue for discussion.

The name Tim Tebow elicits a wide variety of reactions across the sports and religious communities and the public in general. But for home-schooled high school athletes, the former University of Florida quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner, who himself was home-schooled, is viewed as the perfect role model—one who’s unknowingly aiding home-schooled athletes in a decades-long debate.